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B. S. STIMPSON.

LOOM TEMPLE.

No.539,241. PatentedMay 14,1895.

A'rns Fries.

ATENT EDWARD S. STIMPSON, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE .DUTCHER TEMPLE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LOQM-TEMPLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 539,241 dated May 14, 1895.

Application filed April 30, 1394:.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, EDWARD S. STIMPSON, of Hopedale, county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in 5 Loom-Temples, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figures on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to improve and simplify loom temples, the construction of the temple being such as to enableitto be readily adjusted for use on looms adapted to weaving cloth of difierent widths.

In accordance therewith, my invention consists in abase plate adapted to be applied to the top of a breast-beam in an adjustable manner, a detachable wed ge-shaped lift plate having an overhanginglip or flange extended toward the central part of the length of the breast-beam, and a screw to connect said lift plate and said base plate, combined with a two-part case composed of a top plate having a slotted flange, an upright and a covering portion, a bottom plate having also .a slotted flange and an upright, and with a shank adapted to enter said two-part case, a pod, cap and roll, to operate, substantially as will be described. I

Figure 1 is a top or plan view of a temple embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof, the roll being omitted; Fig. 3, a section in the line m, Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a section in the line and Fig. 5 a rear end view of the case and end of shank.

The base plate A, adapted to rest upon the top of the breast-beam, has a long slot A for the reception of a bolt or screw by which to attach the plate to the said beam and yet permit it to be adjusted on the beam according as wider or narrower cloth is being woven.

The shank B of the temple, has a pod B and an attached cap Bibetween which is a toothed roll B The shank B. is surrounded by a suitable spring 0, partially shown by breaking away part of the case to be described. This spring j selvage of the cloth being woven.

Serial No. 509,472. (No model.)

acts as usual andhence needs no further description. 1

V The case D is of peculiar construction,viz: It is composed of a top plate and a bottom plate. The top plate consists of a slotted flange a, an upright a, and a horizontally extended cover (1?. The bottom plate has a similar slotted flange b, and an upright b, which is overlapped by the cover a the passageway left between the uprights a and I) receiving in it and serving as a guide for the shank B. The top plate may be of such size that when applied to the bottom plate and confined by the screws d, cl, in the flanges referred to, the cover a will cover the shank" B. At its rear end the shank is slabbed off at top, as at 2, to be acted upon by a straight portion or lug l of the top plate. The under side of the bottom plate I) has, see Fig. 4, a longitudinal groove 5, to receive a rib 6, on a lift plate E having a lip or flange 6 extended longitudinally over the plate A toward the middle of the width of the loom so as to leave a space 8 between the lift plate and plate A for the free and unobstructed passage of the This plate E is firmly but detachably secured to the plate A by a screw 6 and said plate, see Fig. 2, has two threaded screw holes to receive the screws 6, e, which are inserted through the slots in the flanges a and b, so that the case may be adjusted longitudinally.

The lift plate is 'made tapering, as best shown in Fig. 2, so as to give to the case the desired tip or inclination downward toward the lay, and these plates E are made interchangeable so that a plate of the proper thickness and pitch may be substituted according to the requirements of the cloth being woven.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, I 1s- The base plate, its detachable wedge-shaped lift plate having an overhanging lip or flange, extended toward the central part of the length of the breast-beam and a screw to connect said lift plate and said base plate, combined In testimony whereof I have signed my with a two-part case composed of a top plate name to this specification in the presence of IO having a slotted flange, an upright andeacovtwo subscribing Witnesses. ering portion, a bottom plate aving a so a r l '5 slotted flange and an upright, and with a EDWARD SHMPSON' shank adapted to enter said two-part case, a Witnesses: pod, cap and roll, to operate, substantially as FRANK J. DUTGHER, described. WM. W. KNIGHTS. 

